SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES OF HOPELESS CASESChild Sex Abuse: A 17-year-old client's parents came to me
after he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison. We moved for
reconsideration of the sentence. We obtained a new sex offender
treatment provider who was willing to work with the client if the court
would grant a SSOSA. Another child then accused my client of
molestation. The client could not deny the accusation and did
not wish to put the child, a relative, through the trauma of a trial.
The new accusation prohibited the court from granting a SSOSA. The
client needed sex offender treatment as soon as possible, but the prison
system would not permit it until the end of his sentence -- many years
off.

I negotiated with the Department of Corrections to assign him to Twin
Rivers Corrections Center, where his parents paid for a private sex
offender treatment provider to visit him in prison and provide
treatment. This procedure kept the client in a safer treatment-oriented
prison population and got him
the treatment he needed.